30th Jul 2007 11:00
AstraZeneca PLC30 July 2007 Transaction by Person Discharging Managerial Responsibilities Disclosure Rules DR 3.1.2R We hereby inform you that on 27 July 2007, Jon Symonds, a Director of theCompany, exercised options over 165,195 AstraZeneca PLC USD0.25 Ordinary Sharesas follows: - option over 30,656 shares at an option price of 2055 pence per share - option over 13,136 shares at an option price of 2398 pence per share - option over 29,342 shares at an option price of 2505 pence per share - option over 48,012 shares at an option price of 2231 pence per share - option over 44,049 shares at an option price of 2529 pence per share The options were granted to Mr Symonds under the Company's 1994 Executive ShareOption Plan or the AstraZeneca Share Option Plan between the date of hisappointment as a Director in October 1997 and March 2004. As a consequence ofMr Symonds' resignation as a Director and employee of the Company on 31 July2007, these options will expire if not exercised before then. We also inform you that on 27 July 2007, Mr Symonds sold the 165,195 sharesacquired from the exercise at a price of 2577 pence per share. As a result of these transactions, at the date of this notice Mr Symonds holdsoptions over 86,749 Ordinary Shares of AstraZeneca PLC and has an interest inthe Ordinary Shares of the Company of 165,212 shares, which representsapproximately 0.01% of the issued ordinary capital of the Company. Upon hisleaving the Company on 31 July 2007 the options over 86,749 Ordinary Shares willlapse and his interest in the Ordinary Shares of the Company will reduce to11,527 shares. G H R MuskerCompany Secretary30 July 2007 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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